Washing-machine



(No Model.)

W. B. HUBER.

WASHING MACHINE.

No. 323,336. Patented July 28,1885.

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1 INVENTOR WITJVESSES L?. 06, Mw@ 6 Ww UNITED STATES PATnNT @TriceVILLIAM BIGLER HUBER, OF FREMONT, NEBRASKA.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 323,336, dated July 28,1885.

Application filed April 5, 1884.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, WILLIAM B. HUBER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Fremont, in the countyof Dodge and State of Nebraska, haveinvented a new and useful lVashing-W'Iachine, of which, the following isa specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention has relation to steam Washing-machines; audit consists inthe construction and novel. arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafterfully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Figure l is a View in perspective of my improvements. Fig. 2 is atransverse. vertical sectional View, 'and Fig. 3 is a verticallongitudinal sectional view.

ei'erring by letter to the accompanying drawings7 a designates thecentral compartment or Iorcingclnunber ofthe steamer, which is providedwith tivo vertical pipes, b b-one at each end ofthe forcingchamberwhichare perforated in their opposing faces near their upper cnds,as at c. Atthe middle portion the forcing-chamber is provided with a valve cap orguard, d, secured to its upper face; a valve-opening, e, belen7 thevalve-guard; a valve, j", Within the forcing-chamber, having a stem, g,working in a guide, Il, within the chamber a. The ends of thesteam-table are curved on their horizontal flanges to tit the interiorof an ordinary Wash-boiler, and their vertical Walls are made angularand provided with verticai slots k l.' and l l, which form the bearingsfor the journals or shafts m m. of the triangular-shaped (incross-section) agitators a n and y) p. The intermediate agitators 9 1are longer than the outer ones n n. l 7 'D 7 (No model.)

In operation the steamer is placed in an ordinary wash-boiler and restsou the bottom of the same. About two inches of Water is then poured inthe boiler and the clothes to be Washed are placed upon the steamertable. When the Water boils, the agitators Work up and down and keep theclothes moving and loosen'them, and at the saine time the valve closesthe valve-opening and streams of water are forced up through the pipesand pour down upon the clothes and thoroughly steam and Wash them.

rIhis steam eris cheap and simple and Washes the clothes thoroughly.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. In a steam Washing-machine, the combination, with thevertically-slotted end Walls ofthe steamer-table, of thetriangular-shaped agitators, having bearings in the vertical slots,substantially as specified.

2. A steam washing-machine having the forcing-chamber provided with thevertical perforated pipes and the valve and the agitators, substantiallyas described.

3. A steam Washingmachine having the forcing-chamber provided with thevertical perforated pipes and the agitators, which are secured invertical slots in the end walls of the machine, substantially asdescribed.

lu testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixedmy signature in presence of two Witnesses.

IVILLIAH BIGLER HUBER. lWitnesses:

LINCOLN J. LEE, A. W. AVERY.

